Posts Tagged ‘pakistan’

After weeks of cricket it boiled down to the fiercest rivalry in cricket, Pakistan vs. India, in the world cup semi-final. For all the Pakistanis watching it left a very sour taste after watching their side drop four catches and practically throw the game away. The normal thing to do after Pakistan lose would be to discuss the possibilities of match fixing and the likes. But upon reflection something which was even more saddening and sickening was not the possibility of match fixing nor the loss itself but everything that surrounded the game.

The game and possibility of reaching the final but even more so the chance of beating India took Pakistan by storm. Media coverage showed many who had fasted on the day in order that Allah accepts their Duas (prayers) and a molvi praying in aid of the game. And just to ensure all of Pakistan got behind the team the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, declared it a government half day and flew out (accepting the invitation from the Indian PM) to India to show his support.

The assassination of one Salman Taseer has rocked Pakistan. All the big Western guns are up in arms about the demise of the “moderate” Salman Taseer. But the West and particular Britain, is now faced with a paradoxical situation. Allow me to elucidate.

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji’oon (To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return)

Is it too soon to proclaim my despair?

Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a human, a woman, a daughter, a sister, and a mother – stripped of her modesty, rights and justice has been convicted in US courts for a crime she has not committed. The framing nature of the prosecution case was too obvious a sham – with no forensic or physical evidence and conflicting prosecution witness accounts – but not for the US jury panel, who fell for the Looney tune case set up by the US prosecution team…